Oonya Kempadoo
Oonya KempadooAll Decent Animals

All Decent Animals

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All Decent Animals

About Oonya Kempadoo

Oonya Kempadoo is a writer who was born in Sussex, England in 1966 of Guyanese parents. She was brought up in Guyana and has since lived in Europe and various islands in the Caribbean.Her first novel, Buxton Spice, was published to great acclaim in 1998, and was nominated for the 2000 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Her second book, Tide Running (Picador, 2001), set in Plymouth, Tobago, is the story of young brothers Cliff and Ossie.Oonya Kempadoo has studied art in Amsterdam and has lived in Trinidad, St.

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Excellent, vivid, insightful, graphic. A world all its own.
I downloaded a sample of this book to try it and when I was done, immediately bought it. Right there, as I sat in the doctor's office, waiting.
Ata returned once again to Trinidad, drawn irresistibly to the spices in the wind and the beauty among the ruins of rampant crime and casual government. The language is frankly gorgeous; a Creolised English ripe with local slang.
The prose is short, choppy and often poetic at times; to a certain point, that it can even be challenging to read. This is not a bad thing-- this author shows originality in the storyline and writing style, which is a fresh approach a reader can appreciate.

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